Brush bottle-cleaning machine.



0.. BUGHHEIT. BRUSH BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.30,1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

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CHARLES BUGHHEI'I, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BRUSH BOTTLE-CLEANING MACHINE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BUCHHEIT, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Brush BottleCleaning Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved brush-bottle-cleaning machine, andhas for its object to provide a machine adapted to cleanse the interiorof the bottle, while simultaneously cleansing the depressions orcorrugations, if any, surrounding the mouth of the neck of the bottle;meaning thereby the corrugations which are commonly used in the bottlemaking art where metallic caps are used as bottle closures.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a transverse vertical view in mid-section ofa device embodying my invention, showing its application to the interiorand exterior of a bottle. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the upperportion of the device of my invention, taken along the line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the series ofexternal brushes used to cleanse the corrugations about the neck of thebottle. Fig. 4c is a longitudinal view in midsection of the same. Fig. 5is a cross-sectional view of the same.

As shown in the drawings, I employ a rotatable shaft 6 provided at itslower extremity with a bottom brush 7, and provided around its lower endwith the spiral brush 8'. Upon the shaft 6 is provided the collar 9ournaled as indicated by the numeral 10 to permit of its slidingadjustment upon the shaft 6, and provided with a set screw 11 whereby itis secured to the shaft 6 when adjusted to the desired point. The collar9 is recessed as indicated by the numeral 12 to receive the resilientgasket 13, which is adapted to receive the mouth of the bottle and thusprevent the accidental breakage of the bottle. The collar 9 carries theframe 14 of the form shown in plan view in Fig. 2, having four pockets15, which pockets 15 are annular in section and provided with slottedopenings 16 to receive the cylindrical brush-bodies 17, which areprovided with inwardly projecting brushes 18. The brush-bodies 17 areheld in place within Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1909.

Patented May m, 1919..

Serial No. 486,813.

the collar 9 by means of screws 19 extending into the screw-threadedopenings 20 with which the brush-bodies are provided. The collar 9having been moved to the desired point on the shaft 6, is secured inplace by by the set screw 11; the shaft 6 with its brushes 7 and 8 isthen inserted within the body of the bottle, such insertion bringing thebrushes 18 into place upon the outer surface of the neck of the bottle(see Fig. 1).

In the use of bottles of the class to the cleansing of which myinvention is adapted, in which metallic caps are employed, the moisturepresent in the use of said caps tends to cause the oxidation of saidcaps and the deposit within the corrugation 21 of a film of rust orother dirt, to the removal of which my invention is peculiarly adapted.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tohave secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is:

1. In a brush-bottleeleaning machine, the combination of a rotatableshaft; a bottom brush mounted upon the end of the shaft; a spiral brushmounted about the body of the shaft; an adjustable collar; a framemounted on said collar and provided with a pocket; a cylindricalbrush-body adapted to be mounted in said pocket and provided withinwardly projecting brushes; and means for retaining the brush-body inplace within the pocket, substantially as described.

2. In a brushbottle-cleaning machine, the combination of a rotatableshaft; a bottom brush mounted upon the end of the shaft; a spiral brushmounted about the body of the shaft; an adjustable collar; a framemount-.

ed on said collar and provided with a pocket; a cylindrical brush bodyadapted to be mounted in said pocket and provided with inwardlyprojecting brushes; and means for removably securing said brush-body inplace within said pocket, substantially as described.

3. In a brush-bottle-cleaning machine, the combination of a rotatableshaft; a bottom brush mounted upon the end of the shaft; a spiral brushmounted about the body of the shaft; an adjustable collar; a framemounted on said collar and provided with a pocket; a cylindricalbrush-body adapted to be mounted in said pocket and provided with Intestimony whereof, I have signed my inwardly propecting brushes; meansfor rename to this specification, in presence of two taining thebrush-body in place Within the subscribing Witnesses.

pocket; and a resilient gasket carried by CHARLES BUCHHEIT. said collarand adapted to contact with the Witnesses:

mouth of the bottle to be cleansed, substan- JAMES L. HOPKINS,

tially as described. WVALTER C. STEIN.

